I made some collard greens with hamhock earlier this month. Since I made a lot, I froze what I didn’t eat. I thought it would be good for lunch today, so I took it out of the freezer and put it in the fridge. I just opened the container and discovered the dolmas I didn’t finish a while ago.
I guess it’ll have to be a salami sandwhich then.
Collard greens? Hamhock? Dolmas? 
Collard greens: leaves of the collard (kale) plant.
Hamhock: pig’s ankle (or knee – I don’t remember). Used to flavour greens or beans (especially blackeyed peas).
Dolmas: grape leaves stuffed with seasoned rice and soaked in olive oil.
Salami sandwich: slices of cured sausage, sometimes with provalone cheese, between two slices of bread, with mayonaise. (Oh. You didn’t ask about that one.)
Hamhocks and collard greens is a dish from the Southern U.S. “Soul food”. I’m a native Californian, but I like soul food.
Thanks for the education. So was the dolmas moldy or something? Shouldn’t the oil preserve it/them?
He thawed the wrong thing. He thawed the dolmas instead of the greens.
Right. I was all ready to have hamhocks and collard greens for lunch, but I defrosted the dolmas instead.
I’ve made a salami-and-provalone on oat-nut bread, with a dried papaya spear for dessert.
Don’t you like dolmas, then?
Oh, yes! But they’re more of a snack than a meal. (For west-coast Dopers: Try the dolmas from Trader Joe’s!)
We gots Trader Joe’s here on the East Coast, too now. Yay!
I’m so happy Trader Joe’s expanded!
I wish there were a Trader Joe’s in Bellingham. The town’s big enough to support one, has a university (TJs is popular with the college crowd!), and Seattle is too far to go. Maybe they’ll have one by the time I move up? I’d hate to be without my French Roast and my Cocoa Almonds!
Pardon me, whilst I reach into my filing cabinet for a Triple Ginger Snap cookie…
…Mmmm.
I just went to get my leftover teriyaki out of the company fridge and someone had eaten half of it. Now I have to figure out something else for lunch.
I look with sorrow on the ham-and-cheese on white I’ve got for dinner. Even my lunch is dorky. 
hands Johnny L.A. a permanent magic marker
I was at Trader Joe’s this afternoon and didn’t find the dolmas. What does the packaging look like?
The dolmas are in a clear plastic, square container in the refrigerated section – probably by the ready-made salads. There should be four of them, and they look like stubby green cigars. (The tinned ones I have are not as good as TJ’s, but they aren’t bad and they were cheap so I had to give them a try.)